Of course it's risky. I haven't heard people say it isn't risky. Even me, an avid Mars settlement enthusiast. Since the article touches on BO at the end, it's

Of course it's risky. I haven't heard people say it isn't risky. Even me, an avid Mars settlement enthusiast. Since the article touches on BO at the end, it's worth mentioning that Bezos' changing messaging about BO has me saddened. At first I recall him emphasizing the goal of BO as the reduction of mining and heavy industry on Earth. That is admirable. Earth as a place to live and space as a place to do dirty industry. It makes sense. But the newer espoused vision of BO is to allow humanity to grow to trillions in population so that we can discover the wonder of having '15,000' Einsteins or whatever. To me this is tone deaf to the extreme and is ignoring that we probably already have 15,000 Einsteins but they are spending their whole lives in poverty or working at Amazon warehouses to make barely enough to live (or not even) without having much time in the day to read, study, experiment, self-improve and otherwise become the kind of 'genius' that Bezos hopes to have in plenty in the future.